Reuters Global 19.05.2026
Analog Devices in talks to buy Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion, Bloomberg News reports

U.S. chipmaker Analog Devices is in advanced talks to acquire artificial intelligence ​chip company Empower Semiconductor for about $1.5 ‌billion in cash, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter....

Reuters Global 19.05.2026
Samsung union, management narrow some differences in talks to avert strike, media say

Samsung Electronics ​and its South ‌Korean labour union are ​narrowing some ​differences, online media ⁠Yonhap Infomax ​said on ​Tuesday, citing the chairman of the ​National ​Labor Relations Commission....

Reuters Global 19.05.2026
Samsung, labour union meet again as Seoul threatens to intervene to block strike

Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labour union began another round of talks on Tuesday to break an impasse in bonus negotiations, after dialogue on Monday did not ​produce an agreement....

Reuters Global 19.05.2026
Google, Blackstone to create new AI cloud company, WSJ reports

Alphabet's Google and Blackstone ​plan to ‌launch an artificial-intelligence cloud company ​using Google's ​specialized chips, the ⁠Wall Street ​Journal reported on ​Monday, citing sources....

Reuters Global 18.05.2026
Battery storage firms eye AI demand but face grid, supply hurdles

Battery storage firms in the U.S. are seeing surging interest from power-hungry AI data centers, but lengthy queues to connect to the grid and a supply chain heavily dependent on China ​are hampering the industry's ability to rapidly scale....

Reuters Global 18.05.2026
Brazil's Omnia, Casa dos Ventos sign $2 billion energy deal for TikTok data center

Omnia, the data center platform of Brazil's Patria Investments , has signed ​a $2 billion, 20-year energy supply agreement with renewable ‌generator Casa dos Ventos to power a data center it is building for TikTok-owner ByteDance, the companies told Reuters....

Reuters Global 18.05.2026
Global centres in India slow hiring as AI reshapes work, ANSR CEO says

Global capability centres in India are being measured while hiring as companies are wary about the impact ​of geopolitical uncertainties and growing AI adoption, the CEO of ANSR, ‌which helps firms build and run global centres, said on Monday....

Reuters Global 18.05.2026
China’s Xpeng begins mass production of robotaxis in Guangzhou

Chinese electric ​vehicle maker Xpeng said on ‌Monday it had begun mass production of its first robotaxi at ​its Guangzhou headquarters, targeting ​fully driverless operations by early ⁠2027....

Reuters Global 18.05.2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia names Mary-Anne Williams as chief AI scientist

Commonwealth Bank of Australia on Monday appointed Mary-Anne Williams as its chief AI ​scientist in what the bank said ‌would be the first such role at an Australian lender....

Reuters Global 18.05.2026
Indian court tells Apple to 'cooperate' in antitrust case

An Indian court has told Apple to "fully cooperate" with investigators in an antitrust case ​related to the iPhone apps market, not agreeing ‌with the U.S. company's request to put the case on hold while it challenges the law governing antitrust penalties....

Reuters Global 18.05.2026
Samsung Electronics and its South Korean union resume pay talks as strike risks loom

Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labour union are set to ‌join a new round of government-mediated pay talks on Monday, in a bid to avert a strike at the tech giant, which accounts for nearly a quarter of the country's exports....

Reuters Global 17.05.2026
South Korea says it will pursue all options to avoid Samsung strike

South Korea will pursue all options, including emergency arbitration, to avoid a labour ​strike at the country's biggest employer Samsung Electronics and to ‌minimise any damage if one does occur, its prime minister said on Sunday....

Reuters Global 17.05.2026
BlackRock weighs multibillion-dollar investment in SpaceX IPO, the Information reports

BlackRock has ​discussed investing $5 ‌billion to $10 billion ​in ​SpaceX's initial public ⁠offering ​next month, ​the Information news outlet ​reported ​on Saturday, citing ‌people ⁠familiar with the matter....

Reuters Global 17.05.2026
OpenAI seals deal in Malta to give all Maltese access to ChatGPT Plus

U.S. artificial intelligence company OpenAI said on Saturday it ​had signed a deal ‌with the government of Malta to give all residents access to ​its ChatGPT Plus service for ​one year after they follow ⁠a course on how ​to use AI....

Reuters Global 17.05.2026
Bill Ackman says Alphabet stake sale not a bet against the company

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on Saturday that ​the sale of Google ‌parent Alphabet's shares was not a bet against the company....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
Ackman, Loeb take different routes on tech bets in early 2026

Two of Wall Street's most closely watched billionaire stock pickers, both once voluble activist investors, took opposite tacks this year ​when Bill Ackman bet on Microsoft and exited Google parent Alphabet ‌and Daniel Loeb did the opposite....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
Arm Holdings to face US antitrust probe over chip tech, Bloomberg News reports

Arm Holdings is facing an antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over ​the British chip designer's licensing of its ‌semiconductor technology, part of ongoing global scrutiny of the business, Bloomberg News reported on Friday....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
Ares Management bulks up on credit funds in first quarter of 2026

Private credit pioneer Ares Management disclosed a wide ​array of new or increased stakes in alternative ‌asset vehicles including several direct lending funds in its quarterly 13-F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on ​Friday....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
Thoma Bravo eyes stake sale in Command Alkon, sources say

Thoma Bravo is exploring a sale of its stake in construction software maker Command Alkon, as the private equity firm tries to generate returns in ​pockets of software seen as more resilient to broader AI disruption risks, according to ‌four people familiar with the matter....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
Institutional investors boosted holdings of AI infrastructure plays during first quarter

Institutional investors were eager buyers of stocks in companies whose fate hinges on the rollout and adoption ‌of artificial intelligence during the first quarter of 2026, according to a Reuters overview of filings by nearly 6,000 hedge funds, pension funds, college endowments and other asset managers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
UK firms should take steps to limit risks from frontier AI models, UK says

British companies should take steps to plan for ​and mitigate risks from new ‌artificial intelligence models, the country's finance ministry, the Bank of England and ​the Financial Conduct Authority ​regulator said on Friday....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
Winklevoss-founded Gemini shares surge after founders' $100 million lifeline

Gemini Space Station shares surged more than 20% in premarket trading on Friday after the cryptocurrency exchange reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and its ​founders injected $100 million into the business....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
How SpaceX stacks up against some of the biggest US IPOs

SpaceX is targeting a valuation ‌of roughly $1.75 trillion in its upcoming initial public offering, in what could be the biggest-ever stock market debut by a U.S. company ​on Wall Street....

Reuters Global 16.05.2026
US judge considers Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of authors' lawsuit

A federal judge on Thursday pressed lawyers for more information on several points of artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s proposed $1.5 billion settlement with authors ​who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI ‌chatbot Claude....